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00:00Previously on Seven Little Johnstons.
00:02There we go!
00:03He went through the hole!
00:04We're having a fall gathering with friends and family.
00:07Go!
00:08It is nice having everybody together to, like, catch up,
00:11eat food, and just hang out.
00:13Do you know if Ana's showing up?
00:15We still haven't heard from her.
00:16Ana has not wanted to do anything with the family.
00:20I haven't heard nothing from her.
00:22So...
00:25Tonight, I am having dinner with Alex and Emma.
00:28What's the deal?
00:29Like, why haven't you been around, like, us and the family?
00:31Y'all have a phone.
00:32Y'all can text me.
00:33Y'all can talk to me.
00:34We're mad at you for the things you haven't been doing.
00:37To end this conversation, I'll come around.
00:39Try to end the conversation,
00:41because when we're going in circles as a family,
00:43it doesn't end good.
00:44Why is, like, the problem between you, Mom, and Dad,
00:46affecting all of us?
00:49Today, we are going to show Elizabeth and Bryce
00:52the plot of land that we purchased in our neighborhood.
00:55You and Bryce can build on
00:58and be close to both sets of grandparents.
01:01The biggest advantage of taking the land
01:03is the fact that we would be saving money.
01:05Our cons are pretty much,
01:07we're simply staying in the same neighborhood as our parents.
01:10Is this lot something that you guys would want to build on
01:14and live for the next 15, 20 years?
01:18If y'all want to be in the same neighborhood
01:31with your Mom and Dad, Bryce, and Amber and I,
01:34it would be convenient for you guys and for Layton.
01:38My parents surprised us with purchasing a lot of land
01:42in the same neighborhood as both of our parents
01:45for the possibility of Bryce and I to build our home on it.
01:49Even though Bryce and I are desperate to be in our own home,
01:53we don't necessarily imagine it being in the same neighborhood
01:57as both of our parents.
01:58Or if you guys don't want to do that,
02:00then it's something that Dad and I can hold on to
02:02for a couple years and turn around and sell.
02:05Bryce and Elizabeth contemplating the decision
02:08on accepting the gift is, is...
02:11It's understandable.
02:12Understandable.
02:13My biggest thing is I wanted to stay here for schools.
02:15That's why we lived here for y'all's schools.
02:18Even though I am grateful for this piece of property
02:21that they wanted to give to us,
02:23I'm also a little bit on the downside to being the same neighborhood.
02:27It's literally, we can walk to their house from here.
02:31It's got everything I want for Layton.
02:33School, family, safety.
02:35So this is ultimately where we have to
02:37simply just think about Layton
02:39when it comes to a decision like this.
02:41You know, my goal is to have her in a home by her second birthday.
02:44We know that this neighborhood is safe
02:46and it would be a great place for Layton to be raised.
02:48I mean, I have everything off the list.
02:50So it's a done deal.
02:56I'm going ahead and saying yeah.
03:00It was a tough decision,
03:02but ultimately I think we made the right one.
03:05I appreciate it.
03:08I get the hug out or the backslash.
03:11Now that we have accepted this piece of land,
03:14now it's pretty much meeting with the Builder,
03:16figuring out what kind of house plan we want,
03:18getting a good idea of how much that plan would cost
03:20and making sure that we're financially ready for this
03:23and ultimately just being happy with all of our decisions.
03:26Well, at least we got a short drive home.
03:30Hey, Em.
03:32Yes?
03:33Can you come here?
03:34I'm just packing up some last minute things for Ohio.
03:46Yeah? You excited?
03:48Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
03:49I always have a fun time up there.
03:51So right now I'm packing up for a trip to Ohio
03:54and I'm super excited to see Allie.
03:57Allie's parents are always surprised
03:59that I could pack this much stuff just to carry on.
04:01Is this all? How many days are you staying?
04:03Four.
04:04Oh, okay.
04:05Just a t-shirt for each day.
04:06I'm there, two pairs of pants,
04:07deodorant, underwear, I'm good.
04:09For a four-day trip, I'd pack four pairs of underwear
04:12just to be safe.
04:15I mean, I feel like that's what most people do though,
04:16four pairs or am I just an overpacker?
04:21If I was going on a trip for four days,
04:24underwear amount would have to be probably five or six.
04:28Four to five pairs of underwear.
04:30Underwear has two sides.
04:32You only need two.
04:33I would pack probably four or five pairs of underwear.
04:37What if you fart and you accidentally
04:39that's one underwear down.
04:40It soaks through your pants.
04:42I haven't grabbed my pants in ages.
04:45My dad did it like three weeks ago.
04:50Allie excited?
04:51Yeah, she's excited to have me up there for a few days.
04:53I think we're going to go on a hay ride,
04:55go out to lunch, and of course,
04:57didn't make the main reason why I'm going to
04:58to help out their dad with harvesting crops this year.
05:01Oh.
05:02So I've been to Allie's farm a few times,
05:04but this will be my first time helping out with the harvest.
05:07I've been interested in farming ever since I was a little kid.
05:09I just have a lot of respect for farmers
05:11because they put food on our tables.
05:13So I think it's cool that I'll have a girlfriend
05:15who's also into farming.
05:17Are you going to drive one of their...
05:18Do they have tractors?
05:19I'm probably just going to ride with Allie.
05:21I don't trust myself on the big tractor right now,
05:23so I'll let them teach me.
05:24Maybe next year I'll drive.
05:25Oh, my gosh.
05:26Alex, I mean, the kid has always, always loved tractors
05:31and farming, and it's really very fitting
05:35that this is how this has all worked out for Alex.
05:38I'll be helping them for a few days with harvesting.
05:40That's going to be fun.
05:41Yeah.
05:42It's kind of a long process,
05:43but I'm looking forward to seeing it in person
05:45for the first time.
05:46Yeah.
05:47Would you possibly, like, one day move up there with Allie?
05:51We've had this talk a few times,
05:53and she seems pretty set in stone on staying up there.
05:56You'll leave all of us?
05:57I'll still come and visit, obviously,
05:59but her parents' rule is that we have to be married
06:01before we can move in together,
06:02so that's quite a long ways out.
06:05Out of Alex and Allie, Liz and Bryce,
06:08and Jonah and Ashley,
06:11the couple that will be engaged first will be Liz and Bryce.
06:14They got a jump start.
06:15Yeah.
06:16Yeah, that's true.
06:17Yeah, but if Alex goes before me there,
06:20it's going to be a severe problem,
06:21and Ashley's going to be really pissed.
06:23I mean, I don't disagree with that.
06:25I agree.
06:26I at least want to get through college work, though,
06:29at college before I consider moving up there.
06:32We'll see.
06:35I can't believe it.
06:37Good lord.
06:46It's always busy for us, and it's almost Halloween,
06:53and Alex is going to be heading up to Ohio.
06:56But before that, the family is going to be coming together
06:59to celebrate Poppy's heavenly birthday.
07:01Poppy is my father, and he passed away eight months ago.
07:05We have decided to do something special to celebrate his first heavenly birthday.
07:10Yeah.
07:11Don't say stop.
07:12Don't say stop.
07:13After Poppy passed away, we all decided that it would be a great way to remember Poppy
07:17by planting a tree in the backyard.
07:19Come on, come on.
07:20There you go.
07:21A little bit more.
07:22Please, lord, come on, Poppy.
07:23Come on.
07:24It's a dream, babe.
07:25It's great.
07:26Unfortunately, that is pretty much the last time we have all seen Anna.
07:29She has not been over to the house since that day.
07:32That looks pretty cool.
07:33Yeah.
07:34Yeah.
07:35We have picked out a rock, and we decided to etch out Poppy's name on this rock
07:40to kind of place at the tree as a marker.
07:44Are we ready to start taking the thing over?
07:46It's little, but it's heavy.
07:48Yeah.
07:49Yeah.
07:50It's very dwarf.
07:51This rock weighs 150 pounds.
07:53It's not, like, super heavy, but it's like picking us up.
07:56Everybody thinks we weigh 60, 70 pounds.
07:58No, I'm 140 pounds, 145 right now.
08:02God.
08:03We're very small, compact, very dense, so we feel like we weigh 200.
08:06Liz, I wouldn't move out of the way.
08:08I'm here to guide Dad.
08:10Well, the worst they could do is land in the pool and be in the bottom of the pool forever.
08:13Oh, .
08:14Because nobody's getting us off the bottom of the pool.
08:16Why don't you go the other way?
08:17Yeah.
08:18What about if we get on the end and push?
08:21Because you're, I don't want you to break the steps.
08:23I don't want to break the toe.
08:24Those steps aren't going to break.
08:26Yeah, that's just the fun part.
08:29Oh, God.
08:30Should that hand truck handle would have flown up and hit me in the chin.
08:37Poppy would have heard some language today that he would not have approved of.
08:45We did it.
08:46All right, Emma.
08:47You take it down the hill.
08:48Oh, my gosh.
08:49I let her go that way where it's not so steep.
08:52I was going out there and I'm like, I'm not doing all this work.
08:55So I told Emma, hey, come over here and take the rock down the hill.
08:58I would try to go slow.
09:01So who thought of this idea?
09:06Why are we like crab walking?
09:07Squat legs.
09:09I told you, you don't have to push it.
09:11I'm not pushing it.
09:12I think the trolley was actually pulling Emma.
09:14Yeah.
09:15It was pulling me.
09:17It's not a truck.
09:18It's a hand truck.
09:19It's a hand truck.
09:20Sorry.
09:21The hand truck was pulling Emma.
09:22I just put it right outside the edge right there.
09:23Yeah, that's what, right, like right, right there.
09:25Yeah.
09:26Right here.
09:27Now you just gotta spin it around.
09:28Spin it around.
09:29Come on, help me.
09:30To remember Poppy on his first heavenly birthday, it's not a sad time.
09:35I think, too, it's a time that it allows for everyone to really celebrate and devote time to talk about him.
09:44Especially in that first few years of their passing is part of, you know, the healing process.
09:50Poppy was always someone, too, that helped others and that taught his family to always be there for your family.
09:59I definitely think there are times like this where my dad does miss having me, Jonah, Anna, Alex, and Emma all together.
10:06But I think my dad is learning that this is nothing that they can force on Anna.
10:11It's gonna take her to want to make the change.
10:14We all say happy birthday, Poppy.
10:15Happy birthday, Poppy.
10:16Happy birthday, Poppy.
10:17And I'm sure any holidays, birthdays, any big celebrations is when he'll think about it.
10:22But at the end of the day, it's her decision.
10:29I made it to Ohio and I cannot wait to see Allie.
10:46Hi.
10:47Hello.
10:48It's nice to see you again.
10:49It's good to see you.
10:50How was your flight?
10:51It was good.
10:52It was really short, as usual.
10:53That's good.
10:54Yeah.
10:55Do you want to come inside and we could just stuff away?
10:56Yeah.
10:57And get the weekend started?
10:58Tomorrow is the first day of me helping out the harvest.
11:01Part of me is a little bit nervous, so I'm gonna see if I have any farmer potential.
11:07Here you go.
11:08No, stay, dog.
11:09Stay.
11:10So I'm visiting Allie and her family on the farm and today is the first day of me helping
11:11out with harvest.
11:12Let's go shell some corn.
11:13Yeah.
11:14Yeah.
11:15Yeah.
11:16Yeah.
11:17Yeah.
11:18Yeah.
11:19Yeah.
11:20Yeah.
11:21Yeah.
11:22Yeah.
11:23Yeah.
11:24Yeah.
11:25Yeah.
11:26Yeah.
11:27Yeah.
11:28Yeah.
11:29Yeah.
11:30Yeah.
11:31Yeah.
11:32Yeah.
11:33Yeah.
11:34Yeah.
11:35You need to take care of the harvest.
11:36Let's go shell some corn.
11:38It's been quite good outside your door.
11:40I have helped with the farming in the past, but it's been a lot smaller jobs, like running
11:45to get parts for the tractors, I haven't really helped on this big of a scale with the
11:51harvest.
11:52Allie's family grows corn and soybeans and today we're gonna be harvesting some corn.
11:57Let's do this.
11:58You guys good?
11:59Yep.
12:00Okay.
12:01As long as she knows what she's doing.
12:02I hope so.
12:03I hope so.
12:04So as we were walking up to the tractors,
12:05they were pretty big.
12:07I mean, like I'm used to my dad's small lawn mowers.
12:28You ready?
12:29Yep.
12:30I'm not.
12:31Allie seemed really confident with the tractors,
12:33so that made me feel confident about the whole day.
12:36All right, start her up.
12:37Ready?
12:37Yep.
12:40Tell me when.
12:43We're ready.
12:44OK.
12:46I'm Allie's father, and we're out here harvesting corn today.
12:51The way we do it is I drive the combine,
12:54and Allie drives the tractor in a grain cart
12:57that follows alongside so we can unload
13:00as we are harvesting.
13:01This is so cool.
13:02This is my first time seeing this.
13:03But from what I've seen, I haven't touched any floor pedals.
13:06No.
13:06So that's good.
13:08In the grain cart, we don't have any pedal extenders or anything.
13:12It's all hand controls.
13:14It's all on the iPad and stuff.
13:16So I don't have to use my foot or anything.
13:18When I first did it, it was nerve-wracking.
13:20And it still is nerve-wracking, even though I've
13:23been doing it, like, two years now.
13:26If I get scared of hauling a little trailer behind my truck,
13:28I can only imagine what it is, like, hauling that.
13:30I would say it'll take him, like, another year
13:33to learn for him to do it all by himself.
13:37Oh, he's ready to unload.
13:39All right.
13:40Show me what to do.
13:42This part, you have to concentrate because you
13:46don't want to go too fast or too slow.
13:48Yeah, exactly.
13:49That's my fear.
13:50So Ally needs to get this part right.
13:52Like, she needs to be perfectly aligned with Adam
13:55and his combine because if she's too close or too far
13:58from the combine, the corn will spill and spill
14:00into the field.
14:01And that could be an inexpensive error
14:03because once that corn has spilled,
14:04it can't be used anymore.
14:08The trees, you're lined up.
14:10Oh.
14:11It's bumpy sometimes.
14:13Oh.
14:14So yeah, this is, like, the high pressure part
14:16of, like, what we're doing.
14:18Get a little bit closer to me.
14:21Get a little closer to him.
14:23Although I probably shouldn't say anything
14:25because you know what you're doing,
14:25so I'll keep it all shut.
14:36Ally did the job perfectly.
14:38No corn was spilled and everything came out good.
14:40I did have a few moments of, like, wow, my girlfriend
14:43can really do this.
14:44Looks like we're about done now.
14:45OK, you guys.
14:46Go put that on the skin horse.
14:48Got it.
14:50When the cart gets full, Ally unloads into the semis,
14:54and then they take the corn to the next place where they
14:58either export it or it gets sold for feed.
15:02Put the auger down.
15:05Coming from a family of all little people, like, all of us
15:07proved that we can basically do anything an average nice person
15:09can.
15:10So it was really cool seeing Ally operate the heavy machinery
15:13on her farm like all the rest of her farm workers can.
15:20I definitely feel like I learned a lot today in the grain car
15:23with Ally.
15:24She made it all look pretty easy.
15:25I think she's doing pretty good.
15:26I mean, I guess there is something pretty attractive about
15:28a woman who knows how to operate heavy machinery.
15:32All right, good deal.
15:33How'd that go?
15:34Good.
15:35Good.
15:35Didn't spill anything.
15:36That's key.
15:36Didn't spill nothing.
15:37All right.
15:38Good job.
15:41So after a full day of harvesting today,
15:43I think I would definitely consider this as, like,
15:45maybe my future job because, I mean,
15:47I would not mind working for Ally's dad.
15:48Yeah.
15:49I think it would go pretty well with some more teaching.
15:51We would like it.
15:52We would like the help.
15:55You made it look easy.
15:56OK, good.
16:02So Halloween is almost here and we decided
16:23to do a cute little photo shoot with Layton since Halloween
16:27will be her last first holiday since Layton was born
16:31on November 3rd.
16:32So what better way to do it than sticking her in a pumpkin
16:35and hope she smiles?
16:38I put all the blame on this idea on Lolly.
16:40Lolly wanted to stick Layton in a pumpkin
16:42after seeing some pictures.
16:45Other things that we've done for Layton's first holidays,
16:48Boppa and Lolly brought some snow to the front yard
16:52for Layton's first Christmas.
16:54OK.
16:56Guys, I can't snowfall it.
16:58We attempted a Valentine's Day craft with her foot.
17:02Yeah.
17:03OK.
17:03That works.
17:04Daddy-O dressed up like a bunny for Easter.
17:08Let's see if she'll reach out at you.
17:09So we had a lot of good first holidays for Ladybug.
17:13It was fun.
17:14Let's strip her out of her onesie.
17:17I know.
17:19So do I just need, like, just, like, leave her?
17:20In her diaper.
17:22Yeah.
17:23I can help you.
17:26Hey.
17:27Since Layton has been to daycare,
17:29she has gotten quite sick a couple of times already.
17:32She's battled a couple of ear infections,
17:34and we battled some respiratory infections.
17:36So me being a stay-at-home mom is definitely still on the table
17:40because we definitely don't want Layton sick all the time
17:43because it does take a damper on her personality.
17:46We don't want that.
17:47We want the happy little Ladybug that we have, pretty much.
17:52Try to stick her legs through the hole.
17:53All right, girl.
17:54Layton.
17:55Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, wo, boo.
18:00You might help her get her feet through.
18:05Hey!
18:06Bhing her pussy out.
18:07Layton.
18:08I know you're right.
18:10Aww.
18:11This is so sad.
18:13Layton.
18:15Yay!
18:15We have never put our kids in a pumpkin.
18:22I so wish I would have.
18:25Especially Elizabeth.
18:26Like, she would have been so damn cute.
18:28Alex, I think, would have been okay.
18:29No.
18:30I was too old for that.
18:32Anna and Emma were definitely not babies when we adopted them.
18:35They were four and a half and five and a half.
18:37They definitely would not have fit in a pumpkin.
18:39Jonah would have been...
18:41Ada thrown up in the pumpkin.
18:42Yeah, he did not like any of that.
18:44I don't think I'd ever want to sit naked in a pumpkin.
18:51All right, we're done.
18:52Good girl.
18:54You so not like it?
18:56Nope.
18:56You so not like it?
18:58That was a fail.
19:00Give her the passy.
19:01Give her the passy.
19:03Babe.
19:04I definitely feel like if she was feeling good,
19:06I feel like she would have liked it.
19:08She would have probably failed to maybe try to put her mouth in.
19:10I know, I really thought she would have been the kid to try to, like, bite the pumpkin.
19:13But since she's not really feeling the best, she...
19:17Wanted mom and dad.
19:18That's it.
19:19He held at mom and dad.
19:21Layton, you want to look at your photos?
19:24The pictures didn't turn out the best.
19:28Oh, you're too nice.
19:29They were awful.
19:30Sad.
19:31Melt your heart.
19:31She's probably even going to laugh at her own pictures.
19:37No, we're definitely going to do a first birthday party.
19:39Mm-hmm.
19:40Yeah.
19:40Do your family, my family.
19:42Yes, you're turning one.
19:45You want me to go?
19:46You can try.
19:48She's just not having it.
19:49I got to figure out what's wrong.
19:51Come here, girl.
19:52It flew by for late and to be already one years old.
19:56I mean, like everybody says, when you have a kid, they grow up so quick, time flies.
20:01It really does.
20:02Because we'll look at pictures and we're like, wow.
20:05Like, the baby pictures where the pacifier is bigger than her face, or she's smaller than
20:09the stroller.
20:10And now we're about to start walking and we're trying to form words and it's nuts.
20:15No, I'm sorry.
20:18That pump can just make you so unhappy, girl.
20:26Ooh, that looks good.
20:28Sorry, take me that.
20:29Okay.
20:29So after a long day of work with Harpist today, everybody on the farm crew is having dinner
20:34together tonight.
20:37But I have a complaint to make.
20:39You have a complaint?
20:40If you ever parked the truck, did not do a very good job.
20:45So it's hard to unload in it?
20:46Not hard, but...
20:48Challenging.
20:49Yeah.
20:50We have three daughters.
20:52Emma is our oldest daughter.
20:53She's 21.
20:54Allie is 18 and a senior in high school.
20:56And Megan is 15.
20:58And I'm really proud of our girls for knowing the agriculture and being able to run the equipment
21:02and showing their friends and boyfriends how to do it.
21:06Yeah.
21:07So Allie wouldn't let you drive?
21:09I guess not since it's my first time.
21:13Emma used to drive till Allie got to do it.
21:15No.
21:16I don't think she's let you back in, has she?
21:18No.
21:19She's taken over.
21:20I'm really proud watching Allie because I did that a few years ago.
21:24So watching her take over.
21:25And obviously she's a little person.
21:27So she's really good at adapting to her surroundings.
21:29Like I don't have to help her really anymore with anything.
21:32She's good to do everything on her own and all that.
21:36It makes me a proud sister moment for sure.
21:38What did you get to do today, Alex?
21:41I just rode along with Allie as she taught me some of the features of the tracker and
21:46how to do the auger on the grade card.
21:49Did you like it?
21:49Mm-hmm.
21:51I really enjoyed it.
21:52When we first heard that Allie was going to have dwarfism, it was scary.
21:57We didn't know what to expect and what to do.
21:59And we didn't know anybody.
22:01Come to find out there was about eight babies born in the Cincinnati area.
22:05The year Allie was born that also had achondroplasia.
22:07It was important for us for Allie to know other little people and have that support.
22:13But then we kept hearing about National Conference and how amazing that was.
22:16So we flew to Spokane and Adam was sitting in the lobby talking to Trent.
22:22And then Amber came in and she took Allie and took him down and introduced her to Alex and Emma.
22:28That was about the last time we saw her all week.
22:30She said that's the one week a year she feels normal.
22:34Mm-hmm.
22:35Yeah.
22:37I'm going to take over here soon.
22:39For my surgery?
22:40Yeah, for your surgery, I'm going to have to take over.
22:41In a few weeks, Allie will be having leg surgery to kind of help straighten her legs out.
22:45So we were coming down to Atlanta to have that done.
22:48Leg surgery for individuals with achondroplasia is simply to correct the bowing in the lower leg.
22:57Allie's family decided to do her leg surgery in Georgia because they met with the surgeon that we used.
23:04And they were very impressed and I think felt very confident and comfortable with him.
23:10So Allie's grown up in a family of all average height people.
23:14Mm-hmm.
23:14And you've grown up in a family of all little people.
23:17So thinking of your house, like, you guys have the accommodations.
23:20Like, is it harder for you to come up here?
23:22No, I mean, I mean...
23:22We've got the stools, but we don't have things lowered.
23:25Yeah, you have the stools and that makes it just as easy.
23:27I mean, just extra step.
23:28But I mean, it's not any more challenging being here than it is at my house.
23:31Yeah.
23:33We've always tried to make accommodations, but you have to be able to function out in society also.
23:38Yeah, we have to start to learn just to adapt to the society that's not made for us.
23:41That's right.
23:41Yeah.
23:42That's right.
23:42I figured I've learned some ways to adapt and to use my surroundings.
23:48Correct.
23:49You know, for your kids, you always want to try and make life better for them and easier.
23:53But also, don't make it too easy because she will have to go out into the world that's not made for her size.
23:59So she needs to learn at home how to adapt and figure things out.
24:04She's really grown to advocate for herself and tell us what she needs.
24:08I just need Allie or Jeremy to teach me how to use the auger on the green card.
24:11That's pretty much it.
24:12Okay.
24:13Everybody spills.
24:14So if you do, you've just joined a really not good club of people because it happens to everybody.
24:19Seems like about every field we have to do it.
24:20I love watching Allie and Alex get to know each other.
24:24It's just been really awesome to watch them.
24:27It's been fun.
24:28Yeah.
24:28Have their relationship and see it blossom.
24:32And a lot of times farms are passed down generation and generation.
24:35You know, your kids get into it.
24:37Allie loves this so much and Alex.
24:39Gosh, that'd be our dream come true if they could keep this going.
24:43Right.
24:43Just sitting out there driving back and forth.
24:45That's all you do all day.
24:46Drive back and forth in a tractor.
24:47That's right.
24:48Or a combine.
24:49It's not that hard.
24:49Anyone can do it.
24:51Anybody can do it.
24:52I did it.
24:54Honestly, I think tonight is, like, I would say like a little trial run on what our lives
24:58could be like in a few years.
25:00Like, if I do commit to the farm, like, this is what it could look like.
25:03And it's very exciting.
25:04I'm okay with that.
25:05Maybe I can major in farming and a minor in broadcasting.
25:08I can do a little bit of both.
25:09You can do that.
25:10I would like to enjoy the meeting.
25:13Very good.
25:14Very nice.
25:14Yay!
25:19I've got a mind of my own.
25:26So you can leave it alone.
25:29Are you going to help me pick up sticks?
25:31Yes.
25:32Today I am doing some cleanup down at the pavilion.
25:35I need to burn this pile of sticks before it gets too big.
25:41And then I still got that whole side over there that needs to...
25:47God.
25:48It's cold, mama.
25:50Yeah.
25:51We couldn't have done this last week.
25:53Since it was cold, it's the perfect time to burn some branches and have some alone time.
25:59There we go.
26:02We're cooking with grease now.
26:05So have you talked to Emma and Alex about their talk with Anna?
26:11Not happy.
26:12Alex was not happy.
26:13They were quite stressed.
26:16Hey.
26:16Hey.
26:17Hi.
26:18Alex and Emma reached out to Anna to meet and have dinner.
26:22Since you missed Emma's graduation, I guess you've been real busy.
26:26I am very sorry about that.
26:29There was no communication with the family.
26:31And I know I could have just came.
26:32I mean, but you could have been the one to reach out to us.
26:35It's always looked out.
26:36I'm the bad person.
26:37I'm the bad person.
26:40She made the decision to not attend the graduation.
26:44And all Emma and Alex were asking for is just an apology.
26:48Just say you're sorry.
26:50Oh, she never did say sorry?
26:51I mean, I think she said she's sorry.
26:53But it was, you know, followed up with, but I don't want family drama, blah, blah, blah.
27:00I apologized to Alex and Emma about missing their graduation.
27:04And I feel like they accepted it.
27:07But I wish all of them understood that, like, me pulling back from family events.
27:13Honestly, it's mom and dad.
27:14And I didn't feel welcome being around them.
27:17Because we're approaching the holidays, we're in the holiday season.
27:23I mean, obviously this year, we're not even, like, our Christmas card is not going to be our whole family because of this.
27:30I have not seen anybody since that dinner with Alex and Emma.
27:34It definitely makes me sad because I want to see, like, my siblings and want to hang out with my siblings.
27:40But I don't want to come to mom and dad's house if I am not welcomed by them.
27:45You know, Anna missed, obviously, Poppy's heavenly birthday.
27:49She missed the fall fest.
27:50And next is Leighton's first birthday and Thanksgiving.
27:53It's incredibly sad.
27:55I think you and I should try once more and we'll meet at a neutral ground, like a coffee shop.
28:04Not her living room.
28:04Not her living room.
28:05Not our house.
28:07And, I mean, come to an agreement with Anna to see if she'll come around.
28:17I would like for her to.
28:19I think it's important for Amber and I to try once again to have a sit-down conversation with Anna.
28:23As parents, we really would like to resolve this.
28:27On the basis that she's actually going to.
28:31Not just show up and sit there.
28:32And sit in the chair.
28:33She's going to participate.
28:35She's going to conversate.
28:37Everybody makes mistakes.
28:39But when you don't take ownership for yourself, what you have done, it's truly impossible to move forward.
28:48Anna needs to figure out how Anna is going to move forward with her family.
29:00Saddle up.
29:03We'll get to the stage coach in the night.
29:08Are you ready?
29:09Yeah, I'm ready.
29:10Allie and I decided to take a break from the farm.
29:12So we decided to visit a little pumpkin patch.
29:15And later tonight, I'm taking her out to dinner.
29:18Oh, look at that little mini tractor over there.
29:20Oh, yeah.
29:21Oh, I think it's for sale, too.
29:22No, we don't need it at our house.
29:24Since both of us still live with our parents, it is kind of hard for us to find some alone time.
29:28So whenever we can get it, we always take it.
29:31For sure.
29:32Shouldn't have gotten a straw.
29:36When Alex got the straw for me, it was like, it was cute because he's a good person and he pulls me out with stuff.
29:49I would say that he's a good man.
29:51And I enjoy having him.
29:53Oh, yes.
29:58Something I love about Allie is just I love her personality.
30:01She is really caring and always checks up on me.
30:04She's just a great person overall, and she's beautiful.
30:08I like this area a lot.
30:09I would not mind moving up here.
30:10I think you should.
30:11You seem pretty dead set on staying here, so I don't think I have much choice.
30:15I'm really excited about my future with Allie.
30:17And, like, my ideal plan is that once I'm through with college, I think that's when I'll start looking at moving up there with her.
30:23I'm feeling like my family that I've talked to.
30:25Everybody's saying, like, Georgia has a really good broadcasting program since that's what I want to go into.
30:30Oh, yeah.
30:31But then again, they've also said broadcasting is also a thing I can do from, like, virtually at home.
30:35Yeah.
30:35So I could be here and still farm and still do, like, broadcasting stuff, too, like, on the side.
30:39Yeah.
30:40Alex loves the farm life.
30:42If you asked me now, I think both of us, we would say Alex would be the first one to really commit to relocating and moving to Ohio.
30:49And I have no problem with that.
30:50There's a wonderful family out there that has accepted Alex.
30:52I'm going to stay at my college for right now, just to at least get my core classes done.
30:56But maybe once I get us finished up, I may consider transferring.
31:00Speaking of college, I need to find where I'm going.
31:03Since I'm almost finished with high school, I will go to, like, a local college to do ag business.
31:10Since Alex is doing online college, I might do that as well.
31:14If you're doing classes like I am, now you'll have a lot more free time.
31:17I'll find free time to come visit you.
31:19I'll always find a free time.
31:20Yeah, the same for you.
31:22Yeah.
31:23Do you want to go look around now?
31:25Yes.
31:26Just watch your step, though, getting out.
31:44Hello.
31:45Hey, guys.
31:46How are you?
31:47Doing well.
31:47How are you?
31:49So we were just gifted some land from my parents.
31:51They gave us a lot in the same neighborhood that they live in.
31:55And so now we are going to meet with a builder to give us estimates on, you know, the home
32:02that we would like to have to build on this lot.
32:04So tell me what y'all are thinking about doing.
32:06So there has been land that has been purchased, coincidentally, in our parents' neighborhood.
32:11And it is a one-acre lot and there's a pond, but from the looks of the land, it slopes down.
32:19And we had a potential blueprint, but we're not really sure if this blueprint will suit
32:24the land.
32:24And we're really just trying to figure out if Barnuminiums are obviously the biggest train right now.
32:32A Barnuminium, you really can think of it like a giant shed.
32:35And it's something that Bryce and I have looked into because it is a little bit more affordable
32:39and you can kind of customize it to any way that you want within a reasonable price.
32:45We do have some in-house plans that we build all the time that are very popular.
32:50But for your situation, you're going to probably want something a little more customized than those.
32:56A little bit, a little bit, with my intricate family.
33:00So I definitely want a walk-in shower simply because it is more accessible for me.
33:05Really, there's no other LP accommodations that I would want in my home right now,
33:09just because since we do have an average-science daughter, I cannot raise her in a home where
33:14everything is my height.
33:16If I was building a house from scratch, I mean, there would be some things that were tailored
33:21to me, but nothing more than kitchen stools and, like, maybe some lowered light fixtures.
33:29Lower the kitchen cabinets, stuff like that, just to make it a little bit more accessible.
33:33Having maybe an elevator in a house would be cool instead of stairs.
33:38That would make it more fun.
33:40Okay, well, we don't think of that, but still.
33:42It'd be just like the fridge messing up.
33:44You'd just call the maintenance guy.
33:45Yeah.
33:46On a typical Barnuminium plan, most of them are on a slab foundation.
33:50Okay.
33:51Of course, that we'd have to see.
33:54We may be able to do some grading on your lot to get it to where we can accommodate a slab.
33:59A lot with a slope like that is typically going to be either a basement or a crawlspace,
34:04depending on how steep the slope is.
34:06There have been multiple lots that we have looked at with my dad, with the land being not super flat.
34:12We are aware that grading and tree removals can be quite pricey.
34:16For a typical, I'm going to say, four-bedroom, two-bathroom house, so probably about 2,200 square feet,
34:23how long does that typically take for you guys to build?
34:26Six to nine months.
34:28Six to nine months.
34:28It's important to me to have mine and her own space with Leighton.
34:35With the time frame of the builder giving us six to nine months to build the house,
34:41me and her are a little pressured to get that done before her second birthday.
34:45So, the shorter we have to wait, the better, because I would way much rather it be us three
34:53on our own and just enjoying it.
34:57And then the only other thing that we might run into that would be a concern is if we were
35:03doing a basement foundation, of course, we have to dig into the ground.
35:06There may be some rock or something that could be a challenge to dig through.
35:10With the added expenses of needing to grade and remove trees and add a basement foundation,
35:17we've realized that this is definitely going to require more money and more time to be able
35:24to build this home.
35:26I'm just nervous about whenever we go to the land, if, like, we're not able to build in
35:29the spot that we want to build or we're just going to have to rethink a whole different blueprint.
35:35So, this meeting with the builder definitely may change our view on the land, whether we
35:43want it or not.
35:44There could be a chance where it could be more closer to Leighton's third birthday instead,
35:49and we don't want that.
35:50So, should we continue with, you know, keeping the land and building, or should we go back
35:55to looking and just simply buying a house off the market?
35:58We definitely need to think about it.
36:00Thank you so much.
36:01It was nice officially meeting you again.
36:03Good to meet you.
36:05Good to meet you.
36:35It's natty chili.
36:35It's like a more runny.
36:37That sounds gross, but kind of like a less thick chili with, like, cinnamon in it.
36:41It's usually served, like, on a big plate of noodles or, like, hot dogs or fries.
36:45So, it's kind of versatile on anything, really.
36:47Can I have chili cheese fries, please?
36:52And I'll do two cheese ponies.
36:56I stutter, too, so you're good.
36:58I stutter all the freaking time.
37:00So, Ally and I both have a stutter when, like, when we get nervous.
37:04That is something we have in common.
37:06We both like to be very organized, and we both like to know what's coming up ahead.
37:10So, yeah, we're both pretty similar in those fields.
37:14And she's even about to have the same leg surgery that I had quite a few years ago now.
37:18So, are you nervous for your leg surgery, Annie?
37:21I'm nervous to put under.
37:24From, like, all the surgeries I've had, going under is, like, the easiest part.
37:27Just bring it in a few breaths, and you're out.
37:28Yeah, I'm just telling myself that it's a deep sleep.
37:32It is.
37:33It really is.
37:35So, I'm having surgery in two weeks, which will make my legs straight, and so I can walk proper,
37:42and I don't walk on my ankles anymore, which I am really excited for.
37:47I've been looking forward to this day for a long time, and I can't wait.
37:52Here's me before my surgery.
37:54Like, you can see, like, how bad my legs were bowed.
37:59You can tell how bowed they were.
38:01My legs are like that.
38:03It's awful.
38:03I don't like it.
38:05Alex had his surgery very young because his bowing was so extreme, he could not pull his pants up and down by himself.
38:12Elizabeth had the surgery post-puberty when she was 13 because during puberty, the growth rate is higher,
38:21and therefore the dwarf bones stayed dwarf, and then the non-dwarf bones, you know, continued to grow,
38:26and we ended up with bowing that also was creating back problems and things like that.
38:32Dad wanted me to mention this to you.
38:33You're probably going to have to get, like, a piece of wood, as you can tell, like, with Liz underneath her legs,
38:38just so they can stay upright, so they don't, like, fall down like this, so they'll stay straight.
38:43I will tell my dad that.
38:44And Liz actually had to get her hair washed outside because she couldn't, like, go in the shower with him.
38:48That is one thing that I'm going to figure out.
38:52Since Alex has already had surgery, I'm not too worried about it.
38:57Like, I already know what to expect.
38:59She's told me, and I know that it's going to be okay.
39:03Mom, Dad, and I will be there at the hospital on your surgery day, so we'll be there when you wake up.
39:08Yeah, I'm looking forward to that.
39:10I'm just excited for the whole thing.
39:13So in a way, the surgery is kind of a plus for me, too, because I'll get to see Allie more often,
39:17and she'll be a lot closer.
39:18Yeah, like an hour away instead of eight hours away.
39:21Yeah, an hour away instead of eight hours.
39:22Yeah, exactly.
39:23It's nice.
39:24Thanks for having me up here these past few days.
39:26I've really enjoyed it.
39:27When are we going to see each other again, besides from my surgery?
39:31My best bet is, like, New Year's trip I always make, or I've made the past two years.
39:35Mm-hmm.
39:36So not too much longer, actually.
39:38No, like a month.
39:40Yeah, it's a month, two months.
39:41Yeah, not bad.
39:42Yeah.
39:43And since we're seeing each other halfway through it, it'll make it go by faster.
39:46Yeah.
39:47It's kind of nice that we're at the point of a relationship where we have, like, traditions now.
39:50Like, I always make that trip at the end of the year, and it's been the last part of the holidays with Allie and her family,
39:55and, like, spending years with them, so.
39:58But yeah, I'm going to miss you.
39:59I'm going to fly home tomorrow.
40:00Yeah, it's going to be sad.
40:02It is hard waiting to be really close with Allie, because I love being up there whenever I get the chance.
40:07I've met the woman I'm going to marry, and I just can't wait to count down the days,
40:12and we'll eventually be together for the rest of our lives.
40:18Thank you, too.
40:19Thank you, too.
40:22Next time on Seven Little Johnstons.
40:25Are you the birthday girl?
40:27Today is officially Layton's first birthday.
40:29I don't know why.
40:30There's only one person she absolutely despises, and it's Aiden Piety.
40:34The goal for the first birthday party for me today was just not to make her cry.
40:37Oh, good.
40:38I think it's a pretty game.
40:40Yeah.
40:41Okay, okay.
40:43Heidi!
40:46That was Ashley.
40:48Good.
40:49Getting to the point where there's a, you know, ring talking.
40:52I have not thought of how I was going to propose, obviously with a ring.
40:56I could be with her right now, but mine's strictly finance.
40:59I think it's going to be kind of like the tornado.
41:01Tornado's here, everybody take cover.
41:03That's how we're going to find out through Jonah.
41:07I'm starving.
41:09My two good girlfriends, who are now aunts to Layton,
41:12we decided to get together and just talk and catch up.
41:15You are now engaged.
41:16You can really get a good look at it yet.
41:18I've expressed to Bryce whenever he feels ready to propose,
41:22it should be when he's ready.
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